Of course, I don’t use spices like you do (spoiler alert to
rule #5). when I’m cooking, because I don’t like to use processed stuff, I’m
using stuff like: basil, mint, rosemary, parsley etc. (once again rule # 5 is
all about it so you’ll have to wait and seeJ)

DO NOT do cleanse and just eat green for a week. Don’t get
me wrong: you will lose weight this way but you will gain it back sooner than you
want to believe.

You want to EAT THE CAKE AND NOT GET FAT? Use lots of
it but not just that (we’ll talk about why not just greens when we’ll talk
about rule #6).

Before we talk about boring facts let’s talk about the mental
reason for eating green foods.

It looks healthier when there’s a lot of green in your food,
so it makes you feel good; when you feel good you look good. And that, my
friends, is also a factJ.

Now let’s talk for real why it’s so good for you and why I’m
using so much of it (warning: you are going to hear about some of the fruit and
veggie here again when we’ll talk about other rules because they are so
amazing).

I would like to break it to 3 parts just like we did in the
beginning of the post: leaves, fruits and veggie and spices.

Leaves:

I use all kind of leaves because all of them have tons of nutrients
and they are low in sugar and high in fibre. We hate sugar (not really hate. I
think the word that suits better is we are in love with sugar) and love fibre
because fibre make us poop the food our body doesn’t want or need.

What I do is: if I’m making myself a wrap with eggs in the
morning I’ll fill it with spinach so it can be a huge wrap with only 2 eggs and
spinach.

What’s the harm in this wrap? Nothing!

Trust me: it will fill you up like you won’t believe. You
can even have 2 of them (in this case I’ll suggest using one egg in each wrap
or 2 eggs white for each wrap)!

It won’t make you fat.

Fill your plate with leaves so it will fill you up and give
you the nutrients you need without eating too much food that makes you fat
(like wheat).

The more you use those amazing superfoods the less you need
to worry about getting fat.

Before I forget I have to tell you that I don’t count
calories anymore because calories = energy.

If you want to have energy to do stuff in your life you have
to eat, calories are just a way to tell you how much energy you’re getting from
your food - not how fat you’re getting, it’s
getting to be a problem when you have too much energy and you sit and play
video games all day.

The most amazing thing in those leaves is that they give you
crazy amounts of nutrients and you don’t need to worry about too much energy
and how to get rid of it so you can eat as much as you want from it!

Eat Eat Eat!

It’s so funny! You won’t believe what just happened! Right
now (while I’m writing this post) the amazing Bob Harper (biggest loser) put
that as a status on his Facebook page “No one has ever gained weight by eating leafy greens. What greens are on
your plate today?” Haha… I guess I’m in good company…

Now…Veggies and
fruits

Each veggie and
each fruit has vitamins that are good for you and/or other nutrients that you
need and we will look more into it in every post because the list above each
and every one of them is a superfood.

All the veggies
and the fruits on the list are good for different reasons.

Avocado is good
for you for the fat in it (remember rule #1?).

Green beans are good
for you for the protein and the fibre in them. (a rare combination, usually you
have high protein or high fibre).

Brussels sprouts
are good for you because of the vitamin C in them.

Kiwi fruit is good for you
because it is high not just in vitamin C but also in vitamin K and E, that are
difficult to get from food (rule # 6 will be about vitamins).

Lime is good not just for the
crazy amount of vitamin C in it (30% of your daily intake!), but also for
helping to regulate your liver activity (especially if you drink it first thing
in the morning with warm water; I never have the time to do that but I should
try harder).

Now for our last part….spices!

This part is very short. All
those spices are anti-inflammatory and antioxidant and every time you cook, all
you need to do is just put some of them and you’re good!

You can drink them, cook with
them or eat them as they are!

And that’s it for now. You got the
list and I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it and I’m sure you’re dying to go and
try to cook something now. So go and do and I’ll stop mumbling.

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I was born fat and I grow up hoping one day its all going to disperse and one day I'll wake up skinny.
Well guess what fat doesn't just disperse you need to work for it but you shouldn't be miserable. losing weight doesn't have to be giving up on everything you like or hating yourself losing weight is about getting healthier and stronger (and you can still eat cake)